Welcome to Teachnology 535

What is the purpose of this space?

• To provide links to sites discussed in September and in future meetings.
• To provide a space to collaborate and communicate about what is working in your classroom.

Who are we?

• We are three regular classroom teachers from two unique elementary schools in the district. We are teachers first and we enjoy learning new ways to use technology in our classrooms to enhance student learning for the 21st Century.
• Will Ruffin (Grade 5 Teacher, Riverside Central Elementary) wiruffin@rochester.k12.mn.us
• Malachi Johnson (Support Teacher, Riverside Central Elementary) majohnson2@rochester.k12.mn.us
• Michael Olson (Grade 5 Teacher, Folwell Elementary) miolson@rochester.k12.mn.us

Links from September 19th (EVERYTHING below is FREE)

• Schoology - Classroom Social Networking and much more
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    Schoology_StudentContract.docx
    

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    Schoology_Parent_Intro_Letter.doc
    

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    Schoology_ParentLetter.docx
    

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• ClassDojo -Classroom behavior management
  • Introduction for Students- Use this video to introduce Dojo to your students!
    • ClassDojo has a YouTube page with several tutorial videos.
• Google+ Hangout - Video Conferencing
• *Kahn Academy - Thousands of Educational Videos
• Screencast-o-matic - Lesson Recording
• *Toontastic - iPad App
• Remind101 - Communication Tool
• Poll Me Anywhere - Very easy poll maker
• Corkboard - Online collaboration/brainstorm tool
  • Corkboard from September 19th - This is a direct link to the Corkboard site we accessed and added to on the 19th.
• Prezi - Bored of presenting with PowerPoints? Try Prezi!
• Google Drive - A great way to save and share files.
• Google Chrome - An alternative browser to Internet Explorer and Firefox
• Donor's Choose - Donors want to help your classroom!
• YouTube Channel (Mr. O) - Mike's YouTube Channel. A great place to upload, collect, and view videos.

Tools discussed on September 19th

• Snowball Microphone - http://www.bluemic.com/snowball/
• Samsung Document Camera - http://www.samsungpresenterusa.com/
• *iPad - http://www.apple.com/ipad/
• *Lenovo Mini - http://shop.lenovo.com
  • We have purchased several of these at Folwell and absolutely love them! The cost the same as an iPad.
• *CPS "Clickers" - http://www.einstruction.com
• *Flip Video Cameras - http://theflip.com/en-us/home

*Starred items were not discussed on September 19th, but are great resources and may be discussed in the future.